diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index be25831830b05..f14f4ab97a804 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -4360,7 +4360,21 @@ static bool svm_can_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int emul_type,
 	is_user = svm_get_cpl(vcpu) == 3;
 	if (smap && (!smep || is_user)) {
 		pr_err_ratelimited("KVM: SEV Guest triggered AMD Erratum 1096\n");
-		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, vcpu);
+
+		/*
+		 * If the fault occurred in userspace, arbitrarily inject #GP
+		 * to avoid killing the guest and to hopefully avoid confusing
+		 * the guest kernel too much, e.g. injecting #PF would not be
+		 * coherent with respect to the guest's page tables.  Request
+		 * triple fault if the fault occurred in the kernel as there's
+		 * no fault that KVM can inject without confusing the guest.
+		 * In practice, the triple fault is moot as no sane SEV kernel
+		 * will execute from user memory while also running with SMAP=1.
+		 */
+		if (is_user)
+			kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
+		else
+			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, vcpu);
 	}
 
 resume_guest: